Cause Windows Media Player provides visualizations, little programs that give you visual stimulation while you are playing CD music. In non-techno terms, they are cool to look at when you listen to music. You can select different visualizations, and you can even download them from the Internet. However, how to use visualizations may not be readily apparent in the Media Player interface.
The Pain Killer Here's how to manage visualizations:
- You can choose a different visualization at any time by clicking View | Visualizations and then choosing the visualization you want from one of the subcategories that appears.
- You can also download visualizations from Microsoft's web site. To do this, your computer must be configured to use an Internet connection. To download visualizations, follow these steps:
- Click Tools | Download | Visualizations.
Click Tools | Options, and then click the Plug-ins tab. You can select the Visualization category, and then click the Add button to add the visualizations you have downloaded. Note that you can only remove visualizations that you have added—not the default visualizations provided by Windows Media Player.
If you are having problems with the display of a visualization, select the category from the visualization list and click Properties. The Properties window enables you to select the screen size and the buffer size. Under most circumstances, the default setting is what you need, but if you are having problems, try using alternate settings.
You can also download visualizations for Windows Media Player from third-party web sites. For example, check out www.skinz.org.
